Kevin Schon

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Kevin Schon
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1982–present

Kevin Schon is an American voice actor who is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and television shows. He is best known as a voice double for Nathan Lane for animated media, most notably as Timon in the Timon & Pumbaa television series and in various other Disney related projects.

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Career

Schon's first acting credit was in 1990 when he played Gillan and Gaias in the TurboGrafx CD video game Valis II . Two years later after his debut, he played Frank II and Mirabelle in The Naked Truth and two years after that, he played Daryl O'Melveny in A Kiss Goodnight.

Schon frequently served as a voice double for Nathan Lane. He voiced Timon in Timon & Pumbaa , The Lion Guard , and House of Mouse ; Scott Helperman in Teacher's Pet while Lane was busy with The Producers ; and Snowbell in Stuart Little and Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild . For three years, he was the "comedy voice" of the ABC television network, voicing all promos for their comedies ( Home Improvement , Drew Carey , Roseanne , and Ellen , among others) and was the promo voice for Politically Incorrect when it moved from cable to ABC. Kevin's voice appears in over 40 episodes of Married... with Children , with two on-camera appearances.

He also voiced Lob-Star in Skylanders: Trap Team and Skylanders: SuperChargers , Otto in Ben 10: Omniverse , Roboy in Bubble Guppies, Onyx in Sofia the First , Dead-Eye in Jumanji , various villains in The Incredible Hulk , Muk and Luk in the Balto franchise, and Pongo in 101 Dalmatians: The Series .

In late 2003, Schon produced More, an autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by Yeardley Smith at the Union Square Theatre in New York City. It was critically acclaimed, but financially unsuccessful.

Schon was co-producer of Bat Boy: The Musical in the United Kingdom, first in a limited run in Leeds, then in a full-scale West End production at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Even though most press reviews were scathing, one notable exception - The Evening Standard - took up the cause for what became a groundbreaking cult classic which is now one of the most often-produced musicals in America. Film director John Landis was brought in to see the West End production and enthusiastically signed on to direct a film version. Though a film screenplay was written by the original authors under the guidance of Mr. Landis, the producers lost the rights to the property, the authors proved recalcitrant, vindictive and uncooperative, and the film remains unproduced.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992–1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Merdude, Alim Coelacanth, Wesley Knight, Landor2 episodes
1993–1995 Married... with Children TV Announcer, Felix Katt, Mouse Lawyer, Stage Manager, Phil4 episodes
1994 Skeleton Warriors Grimskull, Joshua13 episodes
1994A Kiss GoodnightDaryl O'MelvenyTelevision film
1994–1996 The Tick Feral Boy, Big Shot, Babyboomerangutan, Living Doll, Watt, Proto-Clown, various voices17 episodes [1]
1995 The Baby Huey Show PapaEpisode: "Superhero Huey" [1]
1995–1999 Timon & Pumbaa TimonMain cast
1996 The Incredible Hulk Glenn Talbot, Zzzax, Abomination, Samuel Laroquette, Judge7 episodes [1]
1996 Wing Commander Academy Thrakhath, Blizzard6 episodes
1997 Jumanji DeadeyeEpisode: "An Old Story"
1997 The Angry Beavers PatronEpisode: "H-2 Whoa" [1]
1997–1998 Cow and Chicken Various voices2 episodes [1]
1997–1998 101 Dalmatians: The Series PongoMain cast (22 episodes)
1998 Rugrats Announcer, WeathermanEpisode: "Sleep Troubles" [1]
2001–2002 House of Mouse Timon, Happy21 episodes
2002 Teacher's Pet Spot Helperman6 episodes
2003 Stuart Little Snowbell11 episodes
2013 Ben 10: Omniverse OttoEpisode: "Otto Motives" [1]
2013–2014 Bubble Guppies Roboy6 episodes
2015 Sofia the First OnyxEpisode: "Minimus Is Missing" [1]
2016–2019 The Lion Guard Timon, Chungu, Thurston40 episodes [1]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 The Naked Truth Frank II
1999 The Nuttiest Nutcracker Stash [1]
2001 Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse TimonDirect-to-video
2002 Balto II: Wolf Quest Muk, Luk, WolverineDirect-to-video [1]
2005Balto III: Wings of ChangeMuk, Luk, Mr. SimpsonDirect-to-video [1]
2006 Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild SnowbellDirect-to-video [1]
2009 Jack and the Beanstalk Officer What

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Valis II Gillan, Gaias
1995 Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games Timon [1]
1996 JumpStart 2nd Grade CJ, Arvin
1997JumpStart Math for Second GradersCJ [1]
1998Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon and PumbaaTimon [1]
1999 Disney's Villains' Revenge Peter Pan, In [1]
2001 The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure Timon [1]
2003 Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure Timon
2014 Infamous Second Son Activist [2]
2014 Skylanders: Trap Team Lob-Star
2015 Battlefield Hardline Additional voices
2015 Skylanders: SuperChargers Lob-Star [3]
2016 Skylanders: Imaginators Lob-Star [4]
2016 Doom VEGA, UAC Soldier, additional voices [1]
2020 Doom Eternal VEGA [5] [1]

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  2. ↑ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous: Second Son . Sony Computer Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 3:43 in, Additional Voice Talent.
  3. ↑ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers . Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
  4. ↑ CakeMc (November 8, 2016). Skylanders Imaginators Credits. Event occurs at 5:12. Retrieved September 20, 2024– via YouTube.
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